Sanitary baby toilet seat



Nov. 8, 1927. 1,648,791 c. A. SWITZER SANITARY BABY TQILET SEAT FiledDec. 7. 1926 an M 8 \/j gwuentov Patented Nov. 8, 1927.

UNITED STATES CHARLES A. swirznn, or nns Mon-ins, owe.

SANITARY BABY TOILET Application filed Beceinber 7,1926.

This invention relates to and has for one of its objects to provide asanitary toilet seat that shall be especially adapted for useby infantsto the end that they may be protected from infection when publictoilets, such as those on trains, in hotels and the like, only areavailable, and that shall be provided with means for securing an infantthereto and securing it to a standard toilet seat againstcasual'movement withrespect thereto;

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter set forth wherein the securing meansshall embody a back andsides adapted to be folded against aside of the-seat so as to adapt thedevice to be carried in a suitcase or the like. -Withthe foregoing andother objects in view, the nature of which will become ap parent; as thedescription proceeds, the in vention consists of the novel construction,combination-and arrangement of parts here-- inafter fully described andclaimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a sanitary toilet seatconstructed in accordance with my invention, the seat being shownapplied to a standard toilet seat,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated bythe line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the sanitary toilet seat with the infantand seat securing means in folded position, and

Figure 4: is a detail sectional view taken on the vertical planeindicated by the line 4.4i of Figure 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription, and designated in the several views of the accompanyingdrawing, by similar reference characters;

1n the drawing, 1 designates a standard toilet seat and 2 my sanitary orauxiliary,

seat. The sanitary seat 2 may be made of wood, leather, metal, metal andleather or any other suitable material or materials. It is provided withan opening 3 which is smaller than the opening 1 of the standard seat 1,and is adapted to be placed upon the standard seat in the mannersuggested in Figure 1. The sanitary seat 2 is provided with sides 5 anda back 6 which constitute the means for securing an infant on the SerialNo. 153,068.

sanitary seat and securing the latter to the standard seat.

Each of the sides 5 is preferably made of metal and comprises a top bar7 and end bars 8. The upper portions 8 of the end bars 8 inclinedownwardly and inwardly from the ends of the top bar 7, and the lowerportions 8,? of the'end'bars are arranged in parallel relation andterminally provided with hooks 9 which pass through slots 10 in thesanitary seat 2. The sides 5 are connected to the sanitaryseat 2 bypivots 11 which pass through the upper ends ofthe hooks 9 and aresuitably secured .to the sanitary seat 2. The'hooks 9 extend below thesanitary seat 2 and are adapted to engage the wall of the opening 4; ofthe standard seat 1, in the manner shown in Figure l, to firmly securethe sanitary seat to the standard seat, and the hooks are preferablyprovided with rubber sleeves 12 to prevent their, marri'ng the standardseat. As the sides 5 are pivoted to the sanitary seat 2, they may bereadily manipulated in a manner that should be apparent to either engagetheir hooks 9 with or disengage them from the standard seat 1, wherebyto either secure the sanitary seat to or release it from the standardseat.

The back 6 comprises a top bar 13 and side bars 14, and is preferablymade of metal. The side bars 14 are provided at their lower ends withinturned extensions 15. The side edges of the sanitary seat 2 isprovided with recesses or sockets 16 for the reception of the extensions15 which constitute pivots through the medium of which the "back 6 ispivoted to the sanitary seat. The side bars 14 are arranged outwardlybeyond the sides 5, and secured to said side bars and extending throughthe sides 5, is a bar 17 which is adapted to engage certain of the endbars 8 of the sides and thus support the back 6 in an upwardly andrearwardly inclined position.

A retaining strap 18 extends across the front ends of the sides 5. Thestrap 18 is detachably connected to eyes 19, which are carried by anddepend from the top bars 7 by means of snap hooks 20.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, it should be apparent that since the sides 5 arepivoted to the sanitary seat 2 they may be folded inwardly upon theseat, and that since the back 6 is pivoted to the sanitary seat 2 it maybe folded with respect to the seat and that when'it is in foldedposition it is arranged Within the plane of the seat. The device is nowso compactly folded that it may be conveniently carried in a suitcase orthe like. 'When it is desired to use the cevice, the sides 5 are firstmoved into a position outwardly beyond their normally raised position,the sanitary seat is then applied to the standard seat 1 with the hooks9 extending through. the opening 4t and then the back 13 is raised withthe result that the sides 5 will be moved into their normally raisedposition and the hooks 9 engaged with the wall of the opening of thesanitary seat. The device is now firmly secured to the standard seat- 1and after the infant is placed on the sanitary seat 2 it is securedtherein by means of the strap 18. i

The device is simple, durable and highly efficient. It may bemanufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost, may be readilycollapsed and erected, and may be readily attached to and removed from astandard toilet seat. v

It should be understood that the drawing is merely illustrative and doesnot pretend to give exact proportions. Furthermore, the said drawing isillustrative of a preferred construction, it being my expectation thatvarious changes and modifications may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the character set forth, comprising anauxiliary toilet seat provided at its sides with slots, sidesterminallyprovided with hooks passing through said slots, means pivotingthe sides to the seat, a back pivoted to opposite edges of the seat, anda bar secured to the back and passing through the sides.

2. A device of the character set forth, comprising an auxiliary toiletseat, sides connected to the toilet seat to permit them to be raised andlowered with respect thereto, and

elements carried by the sides and adapted to occupy a position forengagement with a standard toilet seat when the sides are raised.

3. A device of the character set forth, comprising an auxiliary toiletseat, sides pivoted to the toilet seat to permit them to be raised andlowered with respect thereto, elements carried by the sides and adaptedto occupy a position for engagement with a standard toilet seat when thesi es are raised,

and means adapted to hold the'sides against casual movement in adirectionto carry the elements out of engagement with the standardtoilet seat.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES A. swrrznn.

